In this article, the author of several PM Story Books (used in schools with 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds who are learning to read) discusses components of those books which she believes makes them successful. It attributes the success of these books to the following 4 ingredients: (1) traditional story structure having the elements of a central…

If writing is the exploratory process that motivates students to contemplate their lives, then it must serve the same function for teachers. (Contains several teacher written poems.) (Author/RB)

Presents plans and techniques which provide the opportunity for gifted students to acquire individuality, linguistic precision, and discipline through the study of poetry. (RB)

Explains and describes a creative cycle by which the child is first stimulated to creative expression and secondly guided by the teacher to communicate that expression. (MM)

Discusses ways of using literature to teach language arts creatively. (MM)

Twelve women in an adult creative writing class offered by Spokane, Washington, Community College offer a collective story about the college and their experience in returning to the classroom. (DS)

Author has prepared recommendations of mind-expanding activities for children with the intention of providing the teacher with some spare time. (RK)

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to poetry instruction. (RD)

High school students wrote plot summaries of Macbeth" in either standard", King James, or slang English; the enthusiasm contributed to a greater appreciation of the play. (SP)

Author's sixth grade class published their own fiction magazine in a venture that was modeled as closely as possible after a real magazine business. (Author/DR)

The drawings of Saul Steinberg can be a workable way of introducing the student to composition. Article explains how to overcome the getting started" problem. (Author)

In the interest of a way to make learning better the author examines the writings of educational reformers of the sixties and relates their theories to the works of current science fiction writers. (RB)